Thanks Mrs Notasheep

Mrs Notasheep sings whilst doing other things, and she often fixates on one song. So thanks to her, the Kinks 'Come Dancing' is rattling through my head most of the time...

Joe Biden: "There's Never Been A Day In The Last Four Years I've Been Proud To Be His Vice President"

Joe Biden boasts that "There's Never Been A Day In The Last Four Years I've Been Proud To Be His Vice President" A misspeak? Maybe but he has also said that "I Always Say What I Mean" Four more years of this idiot 'one heart beat away'?

Vote early, vote often

Further to my piece about the Democrats urging people to vote early I note that one Democrat has admitted also voting often...

Voter fraud, it's what some Democrats do.

Don't worry Denis you can just put the extra cost on expenses...

Oh sorry, can you not any more? Oh dear, how sad, never mind!

Guido Fawkes has lots of information about the political demise of Denis MacShane and the possibility of a CPS prosecution.

Kaley Cuoco on Letterman is 'da bomb'

Oh Penny!

Obama Supporters Actually Hate Obama's Policies

'Luke Rudkowski hits the streets of NYC to find out where Obama supporters really stand on his policies. Now he did this in an underhanded way where the policies where presented to be Romney's, but this was only done to get an honest opinion. The reactions when the truth was uncovered varied but they were very telling to say the least. Here are some of the sources that were mentioned throughout the interviews 1st question, part 1 - Obama, in Europe, signs Patriot Act extension http://www.msnbc.msn.com/id/43180202/ns/us_news-security/t/obama-europe-signs... 1st question, part 2 - Warrantless Spying Skyrockets Under Obama http://reason.com/archives/2012/10/03/warrantless-spying-skyrockets-under-obam 2nd question - President Obama Signed the National Defense Authorization Act - Now What? http://www.forbes.com/sites/erikkain/2012/01/02/president-obama-signed-the-na... 3rd question - Secret 'Kill List' Proves a Test of Obama's Principles and Will http://www.nytimes.com/2012/05/29/world/obamas-leadership-in-war-on-al-qaeda.... 4th question - Drone wars and state secrecy -- how Barack Obama became a hardliner http://www.guardian.co.uk/world/2012/jun/02/drone-wars-secrecy-barack-obama '

So why are these people still supporting Barack Obama? Of course the reason these people don't know these facts is that the US media like the BBC in the UK is all but actively campaigning for Barack Obama's re-election.

Superstorm Sandy hits New York

Two days in two minutes as Silas Maniatis placed a camera in Brooklyn and set it in time-lapse mode. This footage condenses 48 hours of chaos (from 1pm Sunday to 1pm Tuesday) into two wet, windy and wild minutes. The moment at 1:02 when Manhattan is plunged into darkness as the power cuts is particluarly chilling.

Snakes on a Plane is nothing, now there's Hobbits, Elves, Dwarves, Orcs and more on a plane

Air New Zealand have added some fun to their onboard safety briefing...

Was that Peter Jackson at 1:40?

A question, if it's OK for Business Class passengers on Air New Zealand to choose their seat back position for takeoff and landing, why do British Airways insist that the seat back be in the upright position?

And whilst we are on matters Middle Earth, here's The Hobbit trailer

Danny Baker says "Shame on you" to the BBC

As I blogged yesterday:

'The BBC blurb for the Danny Baker Radio London afternoon show runs 'The radio genius with great guests, calls and music.' They're quite correct but then why have they cancelled his show?'

Menawhile the pinheads at the BBC still have this on the Radio London schedules for today

Pinheads and bean counters.

That's odd, I thought sciemtists knew differently

The BBC in a piece by their 'Environment analyst' Roger Harrabin report that:

'Soaking Britain may be in for a new bout of flooding in coming months, the Environment Agency has warned. Rivers are full after the wettest April to June on record, followed by more rain in July, September and October. The earth is saturated and in many areas there is no more space left in aquifers to store water that seeps through from the surface. The agency warn that people should be ready for floods even with relatively small amounts of rain. They warn of increased risk of river flooding in November and December, especially in the south-west and northern and western parts of England and Wales. Devon, Dorset and Hampshire are also vulnerable to flooding from water coming up through the soaking ground because groundwater in aquifers moves much more slowly than surface water, and will take more time to flow away underground. Sarah Jackson, the Met Office's chief adviser to the Government, said: "We are heading into the winter period which is traditionally the wetter period of the year in the UK. "Because the ground is so wet, if we do have any prolonged heavy rainfall in any part of the country, there is going to be heightened risk of flooding." The agency said more than 1.1 million people are signed up to receive its flood warnings - which can be sent by email, text, or a message to a landline or mobile phone.'

How peculiar because it was only six years ago that the BBC's print arm, The Guardian, reported as fact that:

'Scientists know a lot about how events will unfold...which means that whatever we do, our climate destiny is fixed for the next few decades... Rainfall will decline in the summer and the increased deluges in winter will struggle to replenish thirsty reservoirs because much of the water will run off the baked ground.'

Scientists know, not predict but know. Rainfall will decline in the summer, no room for doubt there. The UK's Environment Agency are still telling us to prepare for climate change because:

'largest reductions in summer precipitation of 40 per cent (central estimate) are to be seen in the far south of England. A decrease of 65 per cent is indicated at the 10th percentile with a 6 per cent decrease at the 90th percentile)'

Meanwhile on their front page the worry is flooding. In case the Environment Agency decide to 'amend' their website, here's a screen grab...

Will any of these scientists apologise or even explain their error? Will The Guardian refer back to that 2006 article and explain why they have not retracted the prediction they were happy to allow to be made in 2006?

Is that any way to treat a genius

The BBC blurb for the Danny Baker Radio London afternoon show runs 'The radio genius with great guests, calls and music.' They're quite correct but then why have they cancelled his show?

The best radio show in the country, hosted by a multi-award winning presenter and the BBC axe it, idiots!

Last show today and he's gently letting rip...

@ProdNose is also heavily trending on Twitter.


Remember this from last year?

'Radio and TV presenter, Danny Baker, has lashed out at the BBC for making radical cuts in jobs and funding.

Baker, who presents a BBC London 94.9FM show, as well as one on Radio 5Live, used Twitter to criticise the corporation.

He tweeted, “So the BBC London afternoon show – current Sony Gold Holder – is to be part of the Delivering Quality First cuts. The logic of Genius.

“Nothing like having your show axed under an initiative called Delivering Quality First to let you know how valued you are. #CrapOutFirst

“Just off up the end of the garden with 3 Sony Gold awards (one current, one not even mine) and a stick of dynamite. #DeliveringDynamiteFirst…

Several of his followers responded, and one even began a hashtag campaign, #savethecandyman hashtag campaign.

Twitter user John Bradley wrote, “#prodnose Cutting the wonderful award winning Danny Baker Show while claiming to #deliverqualityfirst is ridiculous #bbc #savethecandyman.”

And another, Amanda Hodgson, tweeted, “Anyone who listened to Danny Baker @prodnose on Desert Island Discs knows what a valuable asset he is to the #BBC big mistake there guys.”'

As Stephen Fry has tweeted:

'Next week @prodnose is inducted into Radio Academy Hall of fame. Not surprising, he's the best. Today the BBC are axing his show. Dickwits.'

As Rob Brydon has tweeted:

'Glad that BBC are axing @prodnose Danny Baker's daily radio show. I've had it up to here with his wit, warmth and originality.'

As Danny tweeted:

'Deep thanks to everyone who has responded about the radio. We dwell amid pinheaded weasels who know only timid, the generic and the abacus.'

As Danny says 'I hope they choke on their abacuses'

American Presidents compared...

Voter fraud is "funny" and "cool"?

According to this Democratic Party worker, Stephanie Caballero, Regional Field Director in Houston Texas, yes apparently it is...



Barack Obama and the Democratic Party want people to 'Vote Early'. Is that really only half of what they want? 'Vote early, vote often' as they said in Chicago some time ago.

Like elements of the Labour party in the UK, are the US Democratic (sic) party really not above trying to steal an election?

Go away you noisy little brats

Yes it's Halloween but No I won't give you sweets or chocolates regardless of how often you ring my doorbell. Just go away you noisy little brats

Respect activist: was Hitler the bad guy? | The Jewish Chronicle

"What have the Jews done good in this world??"
http://www.thejc.com/news/uk-news/88071/respect-activist-was-hitler-bad-guy

92% done

I do hope so...

Why you shouldn't vote for Barack Obama

The post below was spreading round the web yesterday, I have reposted it to keep it moving along and persuading the as yet undecided US voters.

 

Conservative bloggers in the #VRWC unite to defeat Obama

A half-dozen conservative bloggers have united and will all have the same post on their blogs today in an effort to help defeat President Obama. Please read this post in its entirety and be sure to go visit each bloggers site via the links. I would also encourage anyone to reblog or link this post to get the word out to as many people as possible. Romney may not be the first choice for some of these contributors, but we can all agree that Obama must go so help us spread the word! Join us to help the undecided vote to stop the destruction of America!

"Why bankruptcy is preferable to bailouts" by Spellchek

President Obama has been on a chest-thumping tour touting the success of the bailouts both in the auto industry as well as the financial industry.Supporters and critics alike have focused upon what constitutes a success.Some will calculate the cost to the taxpayers.Others will focus on the jobs saved.It is these glass half-empty/half-full arguments that highlight the crux of the problem.Bailouts v. bankruptcy is not an apples to apples comparison.
A bailout by its very nature is the epitome of a reward for past indiscretions.The idea is how best to cushion the blow and alleviate the pain.The fear card plays a big role here as witnessed a full-fledged campaign to warn us of the disaster awaiting should we decline to bailout a failing company/industry.Then to make it worse,we saw government picking the winners and losers in the fallout.
A bankruptcy is intended as a poison pill as much as a legal recourse to alleviate a failing business model.It's called moral hazard.It is painful by design so it will have a preventative effect.The path chosen by Obama eliminates this.Companies/industries know they can operate with high risk or inefficient practices when an implied guarantee of a bailout is always awaiting.
The key difference is that implied guarantee.It enables risky behavior and distorts the free market.And why not?When you know there is reward as opposed to pain available,who wouldn't engage in high risk/high reward practices?Fannie Mae and Freddie Mac enabled the housing bubble accordingly.AIG and the other players in the banking sector engaged in the derivatives market with our 401(k)s and pensions as monopoly money.
Bailouts encourage and enable bad business practices.Bankruptcy penalizes it.So when you question whether or not Obama succeeded with his bailouts,you should instead be asking why he engages in a policy that promotes risky investments and inefficient business practices that will eventually require you the taxpayer to pay for it.

"The Libyan Scandal" by What Would The Founders Think

Politicians lie. There is nothing that is earth-shattering about this statement. Presidents are politicians and they generally adhere to the stereotype.
There have been exceptions to the rule, but Presidents like Washington and Garfield are few and far between.
Sometimes presidents lie with the best of intentions. More often than not they lie to protect themselves and their careers.
But while the reasons presidents lie are probably as numerous as the lies that they tell, the depth of mendacity demonstrated by President Obama is unique in American political history. It is not merely that he will do or say anything to remain in office, but the reason he will do or say anything to remain in power - his hatred of American pre-eminence on the world stage. We have never had a president who felt it his mission to reduce the nation to benefit other nations.
It is an established fact that Obama is a devotee of Saul Alinsky - a completely amoral - "ends justify any means" individual. Obama has learned his lessons well and seeks to bring America down a peg by any and all means necessary. Obama is apparently quite comfortable with Lenin's adage, "You've got to break a few eggs to make an omelet."
It is only when one understands Obama's motivations and complete lack of morality, that one can understand how this callous president could refer to the death of an American ambassador and other Americans in Libya as "bumps in the road." One has to wonder, where does that road lead?

"Barack Hussein Obama & The Race Card" by Mind Numbed Robot

Barack Hussein Obama was swept into office by a wave of voters willing to give the new guy a shot. He offered a chance to redeem America from its original sin and at the same time promised to end the bi-partisan bickering of politics as usual in the DC beltway. He was a relative unknown on the national scene and took every advantage of that fact. After all, when a candidate doesn't have a record to campaign on, it's much easier to paint himself as the elixir for the times.
Four years later, we know a lot more about the man at the helm of our ship of state and it should be clear that Obama was either not ready for the task he was given or his prescriptions did not work as advertised. In fact, if they were meant to heal a nation of its economic malaise and draw the political parties together in some magical union of left and right then the cure was worse than the disease. The patient should switch doctors, stat.
Too many also, voted for Obama under the premise that he would close the supposed divide between the races, a flag his surrogates in the media fly on his behalf but one he seldom raises himself, as if to stay above the fray. Indeed, the subject of Obamas race is ever in play by the media and that too has had the opposite effect than what Americans were promised, namely, more division, not less.
Sooner or later Barack Hussein Obama must lose his pigment to be judged by actions and results. That time is now. Americans must look at the man without the rainbow goggles and flowery rhetoric to discern what he and his party have accomplished in 4 years. We must decide if we are pleased with the results of Obama's Transformational Vision for America:
An America that believes the Constitution is flawed and must be remade or flat-out ignored.
An America that owes the world an endless apology.
An America that is not the last bastion if freedom in the world, not that shining city on the hill, but just another third world ghetto.
My friends, America deserves and demands better than Barack Hussein Obama's dismal vision for our future. We must make that message crystal clear on November 6th in numbers that cannot be denied or ignored.

"US Relations With Islamic Countries — Another Reason To Vote For Romney" from Conservatives on Fire

Obama came into office with zero experience in anything useful. But, narcissist that he is, he was sure that because his middle name was Hussein and because he went to a Muslim school in Indonesia when he was a child and because he had dreams from his Kenyan father that he could single-handedly resolve all the problems between the Muslim nations of the world and America.
Mitt Romney, of course, has no foreign affairs experience. But, we know that he has ben a very successful businessman. So, we can expect him, like a good businessman, to surround himself with the most capable people in foreign affairs that he can find. He would never nominate a woman to be Secretary of State whose only claim to fame was that she married a sexual predator who was once President of the United States. We know that a President Romney would never make a trip to Cairo to apologize for Americas past actions in the area nor would he bow to a Saudi king. A president Romney would not have ended the war in Iraq without maintaining a large air base we had there for strategic reason just because the Iraqi government, that we helped to bring about, didn't want us there. A president Romney would never have announced two years in advance our withdrawal from Afghanistan giving the Taliban no reason to seek peace. A President Romney would have supported rebels in Iran in 2009. He would never have permitted his Secretary of State to train young Arabs from North Africa on how to organize protests against their governments. There never would have been an Arab Spring and there would still be the tenuous stability in the Middle-East held for the last forty years. Our embassies would not have been left unprotected and we would not have a dead ambassador and three of his staff in Libya. And, if there had been attacks on our people in that region, a president Romney would not have tried to place the blame on some stupid You Tube video when it was obviously a well planned terrorist attack. And, following some such attack, a president Romney would not have gone before the UN General Assembly and, at first defend our constitutionally protected right of free speech, only to turn around and say that we can't let the world be won by those who insult Islam. And, a President Romney would not be seeking emergency aid for Egypt just after their Muslim Brotherhood President Morsi, stood in front of the UN General Assembly and told America where they could stuff it.
A President Romney may not be able to bring peace to the Muslim nations, not after the mess Barack Obama has made of our relations there; but we can know that he would deal with those nations from a position of strength and not of weakness, as Obama has done. Because of Obama, the Muslim world is a more dangerous place. Ask yourself, if trouble breaks out in that region, who would you rather have as the US president?
On November 6, 2012, vote for Mitt Romney!

"Supreme Court is Another Reason to Vote Romney This November" by Motorcitytimes.com

I didn't support Romney in the primaries. However, after it became clear that he was going to become our nominee, I had an offline discussion with a smart and passionate Ron Paul supporter.
We discussed the wisdom of voting for, what amounts to, my second choice candidate. We bantered back and forth a few times then I said "no matter how bad you think Romney is, he would never nominate a left-wing lunatic like Elena Kagan or Sonia Sotomayor to the Supreme Court." And I added, "Justice Kennedy has announced he plans to retire sometime after the 2012 election and Ginsberg is no spring chicken."
What is worse, I said this to my passionate Libertarian friend before Justice Roberts flipped his vote in the ObamaCare debacle underscoring the urgency of getting more Constitutionalist Justices on the Court.
Intellectually, I understand why some passionate Libertarians and Conservatives want to sit out the upcoming elections. They are tired of holding their noses while voting for 'the lesser of two evils.'
However, the prospect of Obama getting TWO MORE Supreme Court appointments, shifting the court even further to the left should frighten all freedom loving Americans into action.
Imagine four Obama Supreme Court Appointees blocking conservative reforms while rubber stamping every left-wing agenda item for the next 25 years.
If this happens, Obama will have succeeded in fundamentally transforming America.

"America's Need for Energy" by WyBlog

President Obama calls his energy strategy "all of the above". That's actually a good description, because he's gung-ho for everything that's above the earth and abosolutely opposed to using anything found below ground.
Coal? Not in his plans. And he's shuttering coal power plants as fast as he can, putting thousands of Americans out of work in the process. When he said he'd bankrupt the coal industry, he meant it.
Oil? Sorry, we can't drill for it, and we surely can't build pipelines to deliver it.
Natural Gas? Only if it magically rises to the surface without drilling or fracking.
Nuclear? He's instituted a moratorium on uranium mining. Harry Reid has ensured there's no place to store nuclear waste. And so there are no new plants on the horizon.
But solar power is the future! Just so long as you don't put all those solar panels anywhere near an endangered species or pristine wetland. And wind turbines are all the rage, unless they'd block the Kennedy clan's view or make too much noise near Barbra Streisand's house.
The real danger with all these changes to the power grid is instability. Those coal plants provide a valuable service, keeping the flow of electricity constant in the face of varying demand. Solar cells can't do that at night (or in the rain). And wind turbines don't spin without wind. So you can't flick a switch and expect them to work on a moment's notice. We'd better get used to the idea of brownouts, and probably rolling blackouts too.
Just imagine the next hot summer day when you go to switch on your air conditioner only to discover that Obama's "Smart Grid" has decided you're not on the list for extra electricity today. Because that's what's coming if we don't replace the 36,000 megawatts of generating capacity Obama has mothballed in the cause of saving the planet.
Strangely though President Obama insists everyone should drive an electric car. I suspect he's unclear on exactly where the electricity comes from, because as the EPA shuts down many of our existing power plants the supply of electricity keeps shrinking. Hanging solar panels on lampposts won't take up the slack either.
Yet if the price of gasoline keeps going up we may have no choice. California's environmental regulations are generally held up as a model for the nation. And thanks to those regulations California leads the way in gas prices, topping $5 per gallon. They're well on their way to fulfilling Steven Chu's dream.
So what's a concerned citizen to do? The good news is Governor Romney plans to take a more practical approach to energy policy if he's elected president. Drilling for oil and gas is not incompatible with protecting the environment. American ingenuity and engineering know-how is the best in the world. We can make our nation energy independent, create good jobs, and do it safely and efficiently.
When it comes to energy the choice is clear. President Obama will ensure that we freeze in the dark. Mitt Romney can keep America working, with a balanced approach that recognizes the value in coal, oil, gas, nuclear, and yes green technologies too.

And there you have it. Six very good reasons to vote against Barack Obama and for Mitt Romney. On November 6^th the choice is yours.
Choose wisely!

Jeremy Bowen protesting his lack of bias again and not accepting the verdict of the BBC Trust

The BBC's Middle East Editor, Jeremy Bowen, is interviewed by The Telegraph. Take a read although you may need a strong stomach to read Jeremy Bowen's words. Here's three paragraphs to give you a flavour:

'In 2004 the BBC commissioned the Balen Report on its reporting of the Middle East. It subsequently refused to release the document on the grounds that it was the result of an internal editorial exercise. An application under the Freedom of Information Act to have the report made public was rejected by the Supreme Court this year, but the corporation, which reportedly spent £350,000 to keep its findings private, was left facing charges of hypocrisy and a cover-up, amid rumours that its coverage, including Bowen’s, had been found to be anti-Israeli.

 Bowen came in for more direct criticism in 2009 when a pro-Israel group in the United States accused him of bias against Israel, citing radio and online reports on the history of the Six Day War. He was said to have breached BBC guidelines on accuracy and impartiality 24 times during the reports, but the BBC Trust only fully or partially upheld three of the allegations. No disciplinary action was taken. “The trust got into an overly complicated complaints procedure which, I think I’m right in saying, they have now simplified. They had a panel of laymen who had to try and pronounce on quite complex issues of Middle Eastern politics and they were non-specialists. I thought the basis on which they made their decision was wrong.”

He also dismisses claims that the death of Abed changed him. “It was very traumatic, but there is a strange narrative put about by certain pro-Israel anti-BBC campaign groups that somehow my brain chemistry was altered by it and I can’t help myself and I have to have a go at Israel whenever I can. It is not the case, I take each case on its merits.”'

My views on the BBC's cover-up of the Balen Report are well known. It is inconceivable to me that the Balen Report found anything other than anti-Israel bias at the BBC, first because it's so obvious and second because why else would the BBC be so keen to keep it under wraps.

You were found out in 2009 Jeremy, just accept it.

I don't believe that the death of Abed changed his brain chemistry and I've not heard of that theory. However I find it hard to believe that the death of a friend at the hands of the Israelis has made Jeremy Bowen anything other than more biased against Israel. It would be a natural reaction for most people.

TV Host Refuses to Back Down After Calling Israel a "Cancer" | HonestReportingHonestReporting

http://honestreporting.com/tv-host-refuses-to-back-down-after-calling-israel-a-cancer/

Something to celebrate the approach of winter

As the clocks go back and winter nears, here's something to cheer you up.